Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Day 64 - May 11 - ToongCheckPost to Gangtok

May11 at EveryTrail

Map created by EveryTrail:GPS Geotagging

Had a good night's sleep at an unlikely place. Not sure what to do. Just lazed on the psedo bed. It was fun walking around early morning. Even brushed my teeth fromt he water off a pipe fed by a mountain stream. Got bitten by these tiny insects. They are all over like mosquitoes but very very small and bite is sharp. cant even see them. Have maggie at the same hut hotel and thank Mr Pema and start by like 9.30. Reach the land slide area there was lot of slush. Man no slush. Then i see a pulser guy coming from the other side, who made it neatly and just when i was taking the same track, the 4/4s behind him started coming. Well i have to wait till all the vehicles from that side have passed. They were really struggling to cross the make shift path. Now our turn a Scorpio over took me and took the track which i intended to take and he got stuck! Thank you! Then i took other track from the center and crossed it and even the make shift path. Reached mangan and filled the tank to the brim phew! Now was thinking should i stay at Mangon and rest or head to pelling or Darjeeling or Gangtok. Felt like partying at Gangtok so i ride out to Gangtok. Not so cool as have to cross some real bad sections before Gangtok.

Reached Gangtok by 12.30. Met Raman at his book store for few mins and headed back to the same hotel Kanchan Residency and even got the same room. Just slept for some time relaxing.

Me with Inspector Pema Bhutia, who gave me shelter for the night...


Now who would get to stay for the night in the middle of the forest :D


Me with another cop from the check post at the break fast...


The happy kid there...


The humble hotel...


The was a great acco considering the situation and even other wise was very comfy :)


Gangtok not so easy have to do some circus...


This is the land slide section...


Have to wait till all of em cross over this side...


Me across and some curious kids...


White tops on green mountains...


A small break...


yes more water falls...


more slush:(


This road will always keep seeing work i guess...


Gangtok the city on hills...


It was again party in in the evening at Live@Loud pub to some great live music..

4 comments:

SKS said...

i was wondering y there weren't many updates.. then this.. a lot of pages... so what are your plans?

ashvin said...

next yenu?

Praveen said...

Eeega typing from Pelling. Heading to Darjeeling today. Will stay there tomm and then enter Nepal day after :)

Abhay said...

I wasn't expecting this at all.... I thought you would be back to kolkata.... and the journey would come to an end.... good to see that you are still on... n already in katmandu....